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KF-90 Owners Manual
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USING THE UNIT SAFELY
IMPORTANT NOTES
Power Supply
Placement
Maintenance
Additional Precautions
Before Using Floppy Disks
Handling the Floppy Disk Drive
Handling Floppy Disks
Introduction
Features
Introduction
Checking the Included Items
How to Use This Manual
Quick Start
Reference
Appendices
Contents
Quick Start ........................................................................ 21
Reference ..........................................................................49
Chapter 2 Using Automatic Accompaniment........................................................ 67
Chapter 4 Recording and Saving the Performance..............................................97
Chapter 5 Advanced Recording Function ...........................................................115
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Panel Descriptions
Rear Panel
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Panel Descriptions
Front Panel
3 4 5 8 13 14 15 16 22 23 24
1 2
Composer Section
Arranger Section
Panel Descriptions
Music Style Section
Tone Select Section
25 26 27 29 30 34 35 36
28 31 32 33 37 38 39
Before You Play
Installing the Music Stand
pedal jacks.
1.
to the back of the KF-90 as illustrated.
Turning the Power On and Off
Turning On the Power
1.
down all the way by rotating the [Volume] knob.
2.
Connecting a Microphone
1.
back of the instrument.
2.
jack to adjust the volume level for the microphone.
Basic Screen
Beat Measure
Using the Main Icons
Tempo Tone Part Name
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Playing the Keyboard
Listening to the Demo Song
1 2, 3
1.
2.
Playing the Keyboard Like a Piano (One-touch Piano)
1.
2.
3.
Performing with Various Instrument Sounds
2, 3 1
2.
3.
Handy Features for Selecting Tones ([Tone Navigator] Button)
12, 3
1.
3.
Practicing a Song Using Music Files (Piano Master)
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Playing with Accompaniment
Playing with Automatic Accompaniment ([Style Navigator] Button)
12, 3
3.
Enjoying Automatic Accompaniment with Ease (EZ Arranger)
2. 3.
4.
Playing with your band (Virtual Jam)
2. 3.
4.
Playing with an Automatic Accompaniment (One-touch Arranger)
Lets Try Playing, Little Brown Jug
1 23, 457 8
1.
2.
3.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Little Brown Jug
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Recording a Performance
Recording a Song ([Composer Navigator] Button)
1
2, 3
3.
Recording a Performance with Automatic Accompaniment
31 42, 4, 567 9
3. 4.
5. 6.
7.
8.
9.
Listening to the Recorded Performance
2.
3.
1, 2, 3
Using Music Files
Listening to Music Files
Inserting and Ejecting a Floppy Disk
1.
clicks into place.
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Playing Back All Songs Continuously (All Song Play)
1. 2.
3.
4.
Enjoying Karaoke Performances with Music Files
Adding the Effects to Your Voice
1, 42, 3
1.
3.
4.
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3.
4.
5.
Adding Harmony
1.
2.
3.
4.
Starting Song and Automatic Accompaniment by Vocal Count
1.
2.
3. 4.
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Chapter 1 Performance
Playing the Keyboard Like a Piano (One-touch Piano)
1.
Changing the Piano Sound
Playing a Wide Variety of Instrument Sounds
2.
screen to choose a Tone.
About <EX> Tone
3.
Combining the Sounds of Two Instruments (Layer Play)
1.
screen.
2.
Grand Piano 1 Strings
1.
2.
3.
Playing Different Tones with the Left and Right Hands (Split Play)
1.
2.
1.
2.
3.
Selecting a Different Tone in the Current Tone Group
1. 2.
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Playing Drum Sounds
1.
2.
3.
Playing Effect Sounds
1.
Press the [Drums/SFX] button, getting its indicator to light up.
2.
3.
previous sound.
Effects Adding Three-Dimensional Breadth to Your Performances (Advanced 3D)
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
Applying Effects to the Sound (Effects)
1.
6.
which you want to apply an Effect.
2.
Sounding the Metronome
1.
2.
Changing the Animation
1.
1.
Determining the Tempo with Tempo Marks
1.
Changing the Beat of Metronome
2.
choice.
Changing How the Metronome Beat (Pattern) Sounds
1.
2.
your choice.
Changing the Type of Sound
1.
2.
Changing the Volume
1.
2.
Chapter 2
Using Automatic Accompaniment
Music Style and Automatic Accompaniment
What is Automatic Accompaniment?
Whats a Music Style?
About Chords
Playing Chords with Simple Fingering
How to play the chord in the Chord Intelligence mode
C
Major Seventh Major Seventh
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Choosing a Music Style
1. 2.
Music Style.
3.
[-] [+] buttons, or the dial to choose a Music Style.
7.
Choosing a Music Style from Data Disk
3.
1.
2.
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Playing a Music Style (Start/Stop)
Starting Automatic Accompaniment When You Play the Left-hand Section (Sync Start)
1.
2.
Starting at the Press of a Button
1.
2.
3.
Stopping Automatic Accompaniment
1.
Adjusting the Timing During a Performance and Starting Over
~
Modifying an Accompaniment
Changing the Accompaniment Pattern Within a Song (Fill-In)
1.
2.
Changing the Arrangement of the Accompaniment
1.
arrangement of the accompaniment.
Adding Harmony to the Right-hand Part (Melody Intelligence)
1.
2.
3.
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Changing the Volume Balance for the Accompaniment and Keyboard
1.
Adjusting the Volume of Each Performance Part
1.
2.
Chapter 3 Some Handy Features
Playing Back Songs for Practice
7.
1. 2.
3.
1.
button.
Displaying the Score
2.
3.
4.
Adjusting the Tempo
Use the Tempo [-] and [+] buttons to adjust the tempo.
Adjusting the tempo with the Value [+] and [-] buttons or the dial
Determining the Tempo Using the Selected Interval
1.
2.
3.
3, 4 into the microphone.
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Counting Down Before a Performance Starts
2.
3.
4.
Preventing the Part to Be Practiced from Sounding
1. 2.
5.
3.
4.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
Moving a Marker
1.
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Transposing the Key of the Keyboard (Key Transpose)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Transposing a song for playback
1.
4.
2. 3.
1.
Checking Your Performance On Screen
1.
2.
3.
Specifying the Part to Display
1.
2.
3.
Chapter 4
Recording and Saving the Performance
What is a Track Button?
Displaying the Track buttons
Recording Your Playing with Ease
3. 4.
7.
5.
6.
2.
3.
Recording a Performance Using Automatic Accompaniment
3.
4.
5. 6.
7.
Redoing a Recording
1.
measure where you wish to start recording.
2.
3.
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Composing an Accompaniment By Entering Chords (Chord Sequencer)
1.
to light up.
2.
3.
Music Style.
5.
6.
<Execute>.
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Creating a Rhythm Part with Ease
1.
2.
3.
4.
Saving Songs to Floppy Disks
Formatting Floppy Disks (Format)
2.
A Song Disk Menu screen like the one shown below appears.
3.
positioned at WRITE (write enabled).
4.
1.
positioned at WRITE (write enabled).
2.
into the disk drive until it clicks into position.
3.
7.
choose a song number.
8.
9.
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Chapter 5 Advanced Recording Function
Selecting the Recording Method
How to Choose the Recording Method
2.
3.
Recording While Erasing the Previous Recording (Replace Recording)
1.
<Replace>.
Overdubbing Without Erasing the Previous Recording (Mix Recording)
1.
Re-Recording Part of Your Performance (Punch-in Recording)
Recording a Passage specified by markers
1.
to define the passage you want to record over.
2.
Multitrack Recording with 16 Parts (16-Track Sequencer)
16 Track Sequencer and Track Buttons
Commercially Available Music Files
The 16-track Sequencer Screen
2.
Recording with the 16 Track Sequencer
Step 1 Get ready to record
1. 2.
Changing the Settings of Each Part
1.
screen to choose the song.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Changing a Songs Basic Tempo
1.
2.
Changing the Tempo Within the Song
Adjusting the Tempo While Listening to a Song
2.
3.
4.
Chapter 6 Editing Functions
Choosing an Editing Function
1.
its indicator to light up.
2.
Copying a Measure
Function (p. 124) to choose <Copy>.
item.
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Copying a Rhythm Pattern
1.
2.
Function (p. 124) to choose <Copy>.
Touch <Src>, and use the dial to choose R.Pattern.
Deleting a Specific Measure
1.
2.
3.
4.
Inserting a Blank Measure
Transposing Individual Parts
Making a Measure Blank
Function (p. 124) to choose <Erase>.
item.
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Exchanging Parts
1.
2.
3.
Correcting Notes One by One
Modifying the Tone Changes in a Song
1.
2.
3.
4.
Chapter 7 Using Other Functions
Creating an Original Style (User Style)
Style Composer
Style Converter (p. 134)
Combining Styles to Create a New Style (Style Composer)
Muting Parts for a Particular Division
1.
2.
3.
Changing the Settings for Each Part
Creating a Style from a Song You Composed Yourself (Style Converter)
The Makeup of a Style
Creating a Style in Auto Mode
1.
2.
3. 4.
5.
Creating a Style in Manual Mode
1.
2. 3. 4. 5.
Changing an Extracted Part
3.
Saving a User Style
Saving on the Floppy Disk
1.
2.
4.
Storing the Panel Settings (User Program)
2.
3.
4.
5.
Calling Up User Program
2.
Changing How Button Settings Are Called Up
2.
3.
Saving User Programs on Floppy Disk
2.
4.
5.
6.
Disabling Everything Except Piano Play (Panel Lock)
Chapter 8 Changing Various Settings
Changing the Settings for One Touch Piano
Adding Ambience from Different Venues to Songs (Ambience)
1.
<Ambience>.
Changing the Tuning
Choosing the Tuning
1.
<Tuning>.
2.
Adjusting Resonance
1.
<Resonance>.
2.
icon to choose the type of resonant sound.
Changing the Settings for Automatic Accompaniment
Changing the Keyboards Split Point
1.
to display the Basic screen.
2.
Changing How the Automatic Accompaniment Plays
1.
2.
3.
4.
Canceling the Chord Intelligence Function
1.
2.
3.
4.
Assignable Functions
What is the Leading Bass function?
Whats the Bend Range?
Changing the settings for Score screen
1.
2.
3.
4.
Changing the Settings for the Marker and the Count Sound
2.
3.
bottom right of the screen.
Changing the Number of Measures Counted and the Count Sound
Adjusting the Standard Pitch (Master Tuning)
3.
4.
Changing the Type of Reverb Effect
4.
Changing the Type of Chorus Effect
4.
of chorus effect.
Changing the Bend Range
4.
Changing the Screen Settings
3.
Hiding the On-screen Lyrics
1.
Changing the Language
Maintaining Settings After the Power Is Turned Off (Memory Backup)
3.
4.
5.
Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset)
Repositioning the Touch Screen
Chapter 9 Connecting External Devices
Connecting MIDI Devices (p. 156)
Connecting a Computer (p. 161)
Connecting Audio Equipment (p. 160)
Connecting MIDI Devices
MIDI Settings
Making the Settings
3.
4.
Selecting the Transmit Channel (Tx. Channel)
Disconnecting the Internal Sound Generator and Keyboard (Local Control)
Sending Recorded Performance Data to a MIDI Device (Composer Out)
Sending Tone Change Messages
BankSelect MSB/BankSelect LSB)
Synchronizing with Connected MIDI Devices
3.
4.
MIDI Ensemble
3.
Connecting to Audio Equipment
Playing Audio Equipment Sounds Through the Speakers on the KF-90
Connecting a Computer
1. 2.
3.
4. 5. 6.
7.
Trouble Shooting
Trouble Shooting
Chord Intelligence cant be used.
A note doesnt stop playing
Recording is not possible.
The recorded performance has disappeared.
If this Message Appears on Screen
If this Message Appears on Screen
Indication: Error.41
Indication: Error.42
Indication: Error.43
Indication: Error.51
Tone List
[Piano] Group
[E.Piano] Group
[Organ] Group
[Guitar/Bass] Group
[Synth] Group
[Strings] Group
[Sax] Group
[Brass] Group
[Voice/GS] Group
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Drum/SFX Set List
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Page
Page
SFX
Music Style List
[Pop]
[Rock]
[Ballad]
[Acoustic]
Music Style List [Latin]
[World]
[Traditional]
Data Disk Style
Rhythm Pattern List
Chord List
Chord List
Effects List
Demo Song List
Profile
Data Disk Song List
Music Files That the KF-90 Can Use
What Are Music Files?
Regarding Copyright
The KF-90 allows you to use the following music files
SMF with Lyrics
Glossary
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MIDI Implementation Chart
MIDI Implementation Chart
DIGITAL PIANO Model KF-90
Date : Mar. 1, 2000 Version : 1.00
MIDI Implementation Chart
Main Specifications
<Keyboard>
<Sound Source>
<Arranger>
<Composer>
Main Specifications
<Disk Drive/Disk Storage>
<Others>
Index
Numerics
A
B
C
Index
N
O
P
Q
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Four bolts supplied with FPS-9
Four screws/bolts supplied with KF-90
Important Notes on Combining the KF-90 and FPS-9
To fasten the KF-90 piano to the FPS-9 stand, refer to the illustration below.
KF-90
FPS-9
Information
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